Medellín in August

When to go

The city's official travel guide places the Feria de las Flores in August, with parades, concerts and the Desfile de Silleteros as its peak event, and the city government ties the festivities to the celebration of Antioquia's independence. Check the official guide for this year's program before you book. Colombian law lists two August holidays and moves one of them to a Monday, and the WMO climate table shows rain on many days of the month.

Trip facts

• The WMO's World Weather Information Service lists, for Medellín, Colombia, a mean daily maximum temperature of 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), a mean daily minimum temperature of 16.8 °C (62.2 °F), a mean total precipitation of 148 mm and a mean of 19 rain days in August, from the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environment Studies and based on monthly averages for 1971–2000. (worldweather.wmo.int, checked 2026-10-16)
• Colombia's Ley 51 de 1983, as published in the Función Pública's Gestor Normativo, lists August 7 and August 15 among the holidays with paid rest for all workers, and says the paid rest of August 15, when it does not fall on a Monday, moves to the following Monday. (www.funcionpublica.gov.co, checked 2026-10-16)
• Medellín's official travel guide, owned by the District of Medellín, places the Feria de las Flores in the month of August and calls it the city's most representative cultural event, with parades, concerts, art shows and the iconic Desfile de Silleteros as its peak event. (www.medellin.travel, checked 2026-10-16)
• The Alcaldía de Medellín says the silletero parade, attended each year by residents and tourists, has been held officially in Medellín since 1957, and that from 1958 the festivities were moved to coincide with the celebration of Antioquia's independence. (www.medellin.gov.co, checked 2026-10-16)
• Medellín's official travel guide says the city has more than 15,000 beds in more than 300 hotels, and that the areas with the most lodging, where most tourists gather, are the city center, the El Poblado neighborhood and the Carrera 70 tourist corridor in the Laureles–Estadio sector. (www.medellin.travel, checked 2026-10-16)
• Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists 'Estados Unidos de America' among the foreigners exempt from a visa for short-stay visits, and defines a short stay as staying in the country for up to 90 days, extendable up to 180 days per calendar year. (www.cancilleria.gov.co, checked 2026-10-16)
• Migración Colombia describes Check Mig as a free online service, of non-mandatory use, that lets travelers preload their trip information up to 72 hours before the trip or until one hour before it. (www.migracioncolombia.gov.co, checked 2026-10-16)
• The U.S. Embassy in Colombia's website shows the State Department's Travel Advisory Level 3: Reconsider travel to Colombia due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and natural disasters, and says some areas have an increased risk. (co.usembassy.gov, checked 2026-10-16)
• The 'how to get there' page of José María Córdova International Airport, run by the operator Airplan, says white taxis are authorized to serve the route from the airport to Medellín 24 hours a day, and that public buses parked on the first floor at door 2 also carry passengers to the city 24 hours a day. (www.aeropuertorionegro.co, checked 2026-10-16)
• The Metro de Medellín says its lines A, B, T-A, H, J, K, M, O, P, 1 and 2 run from 4:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and that on Sundays and holidays lines A, B, T-A, O, 1 and 2 run from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., line K from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and lines H, J, M and P from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (www.metrodemedellin.gov.co, checked 2026-10-16)